European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

Naturgy: From Overhang to Index Weight Expansion

Naturgy: Criteria Raises Stake to 28.5% as Float Expands

Naturgy: CVC Exit Completes Float Reset as Index Weight Upside Accelerates

Index Rebalance

Naturgy Energy Group SA / Index Rebalance

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<li>Following the June IBEX review, Naturgy’s free-float coefficient rises from 20% to 60%, potentially increasing its benchmark weight from roughly 0.6% to around 1.8%.</li>
<li>We estimate incremental IBEX-linked demand of €180–300m for Naturgy, versus €30–55m for Indra and €10–20m for Solaria, based on benchmark rebalancing requirements.</li>
<li>The IBEX 35 composition remains unchanged, but the coefficient revisions create a meaningful rebalance. For passive investors, the June review is primarily a Naturgy event.</li>
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Following the June IBEX review, Naturgy’s free-float coefficient rises from 20% to 60%, potentially increasing its benchmark weight from roughly 0.6% to around 1.8%.
We estimate incremental IBEX-linked demand of €180–300m for Naturgy, versus €30–55m for Indra and €10–20m for Solaria, based on benchmark rebalancing requirements.
The IBEX 35 composition remains unchanged, but the coefficient revisions create a meaningful rebalance. For passive investors, the June review is primarily a Naturgy event.


Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente (SLR SM)

IBEX Review: Naturgy Emerges as the Main Beneficiary